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VOL. XII. NO. 36.
ATLANTA, GA„ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1913.
Copyright, 1P06,
By The Georgian Co.
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MRS. GODBEE GUILTY: SENTENCED
CONVICTED SLAYER
AND HER DAUGHTER
MRS. EDNA PERKINS GODBEE.
Daughter Collapses When Jury,
Deadlocked Overnight, Returns
Verdict, Asking Mercy.
MILLEN, Sept. 14.—With the
doomed woman sitting stolidly in her
chair in the Jenkins County court
house, staring blankly and unbeliev
ingly at the twelve Jurors who had
Just pronounced her guilty. Judge F.
A. Saffold, chief-of counsel for Mrs.
Edna Godbee, sentenced to imprison
ment for life for the killing of Mrs.
Florence Godbee, th~ bride of her di
vorced husband, on August 18, an
nounced immediately after the pass
ing of sentence that he will ask for a
new trial. Judge Hammond proba
bly will name the date for arguments
some time later in the day.
Colonel F. A. Saffold, senior coun
sel for Mrs. Godbee, announced this
afternoon that a skeleton motion for
a new trial would be filed at once, ac-
eoruu 0 to statutory regulations.
I No grounds will be named, but they
%vill be supplied as soon as the law
yers for the defense have had the op
portunity to review the evidence pre
sented at the trial of the convicted
■woman. They were in conference all
Y*ie forenoon.
Slain Bride's Mother Glad.
“I am glad Mrs. Godbee was given
l.a life sentence,” was the comment
of Mrs. M. G. Moyer, mother of the
slain girl, after Judge Hammond had
set the penalty. “She deserved pun
ishment, although 1 did not want her
hanged. A woman of her type is
dangerous at large.’"
Mrs. Godbee would not see report
ers. but It was reported by friends
who visited her cell that she was
cheerful and optimistic, and was con
fident of an acquittal on a new trial.
Miss Sarah Godbee, the beautiful
daughter of Mrs. Godbee, collapsed as
the foreman of the jury announced
the verdict. She has been a constant
companion of her mother during the
trial, and her own cheerfulness has
had much to do with the cheerfulness
of her mother.
She held her mother’s hand in hers
ns the Jury filed slowly into the court
room. Eagerly she scanned the faces
of each man, hoping for a sign that
-hey would declare Mrs. Godbee not
;;Uilty. Each man’s face was grave.
Her hand tightened over that of her
mother, and tears rolled down her
heeks. As the foreman rose to an
nounce the verdict she leaned for-
_ ,ward. the most intensely eager persotf
!n the room.
Mrs. Godbee Not Moved.
As the dreaded word “guilty” fell
from the lips of the juryman Miss
Oodbee shrieked and collapsed. In a
hush broken only by the sobs of the
daughter. Judge Hammond ordered
Mrs. Godbee to stand and receive the
sentence of the court. Gently disen-
raging the clinging hands of he-
daughter, Mrs. Godbee rose and stood
without a tremor while the court or
dered that she be confined in the pen-
entiary the remainder of her natu
ral life. Without a change of coun
tenance, with no trace of the emo-
:03ns that were sweeping through hir
teart, she bowed calmly as the judge
•included and resumed her seat.
Mrs. Godbee’s daughter, young and
eautiful, presented a pitiful specta-
e.that brought tears to the eyes of
(/ary person in the courtroom. She
urg to Mrs. Godbee’s neck, while
lie mother gently patted her head
nd whispered words of encourage-
ent As the Sheriff Mtepped forward
id placed , is hand on Mrs. God-
j€|s shoulder to lead her away to
•lion the young daughter broke
|Wn completely. She pillowed her
id on her mother's breast, tears
riaming down her face, her sobs
■ dibie In every part of the court-
otn
As the hand of the Sheriff fell upon
■f ,-ihoulder. opening wide the gate.-
■the prison. Mrs. Godbee disen-
$ed her daughter's hand, jmprint-
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The olJ crematory fight was re
vived in a new form Saturday when
Councilman Claude L. Ashley, chair
man of the Council Sanitary Commit
tee. declared that he was convinced
that the city was robbed by the con
tract with the Destructor Company,
of New York, and that a rebate on
the purchase price must be secured.
Hist statement was made following
a conference with Mayor Woodward,
in which they agreed they would re
fuse to approve any more payments
on the plant until a satisfactory set
tlement was agreed upon. The city
h^s paid $125,000 on the plant and
$135,000 still Is due.
Councilman Ashley’s criticism of
the plant was Inspired by the belief
that It will not come up to the speci
fications. He Is an engineer and as
chairman of the Council Sanitary
Committee has kept a close watch on
the testing of the plant.
Thinks Firm Is “Stalling.”
“Some two weeks ago I told the
Destructor people we were ready for
an official test,” he said. “They have
postponed it and postponed It until I
am convinced they are stalling.
“There is no trouble about the plant
burning the garbage. It is burning
all the city is producing, about 227
tons a day. But we don’t have to
pay $260,000 to get a plant to do
that.
“During the fight to get Council to
approve the contract the crematory
people insisted that the heavy cost
was due to the steam producing ca
pacity of such a plant. T!ve specifi
cations provided that a pound of
garbage should produce a pound of
s tea m.
"It is not doing it. 1 have v\atcheo
it from day to day With the tons
of watermelon rinds to be burned
this has been a bad season. It seems
that the Destructor Company wants
to wait until the leaves are falling,
and they will have material capable
of producing much heat per*pound.
That would be unfair to the city.
Insists on Enforcing Pact.
"The steam producing power of
that plant must be constant, within
certain limits*, to make an electric
power plant In conjunction with it
practical.
“That's what we thought we were
getting by the contract, and that’s
what we are going to have or know
the reason why.
“We have agreed to pay $260,000
for the plant. My offhand estimate
Is that it Is not worth more than
$200,000. We are going to have the
proper rebate If the Destructor Com
pany doesn't demonstrate to us In
an official test that the plant will do
what the contract says It shall."
Plan Public Tours
Of Industrial Atlanta
V. H. Kriegshaber and Mell R. Wil
kinson ere handling the matter of
placing bulletins of the Industrial
Statistical Bureau of the Chamber of
Commerce in the railway stations and
hotels to show Atlanta’s industrial
growth.
The bureau is considering the pro
jected excursion around industrial At
lanta. Similar excursions have been
conducted in other cities to broaden
the public conception of local indus
tries.
New Clew in $72,000 Express Robbery
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MAYOR ATTACKS CHARTER AS FRAUD
Express Officials More Confident
Than PVer of Apprehending
S72.00U Thief.
That they expected to puf their
hands uppn the man responsible for
the big $72,000 robbery from the
Southern and Adams Express Com
panies within a few hours was the
Heflin Challenges
For Suffrage Debate
BALTIMORE. Sept. 14.—Declaring
woman suffrage. If universally adopt
ed. would result in the downfall of
the republic. Congressman J. Thomas
Heflin, of Alabama, In a speech here,
challenged any Democratic member
of Congress to meet him In a public
debate on the subject.
“Women have been the inspiring
power back of the men—not with the
ballot, but with their babies In their
arms,’’ he said. “Will the time ever
come when woman will cease to trust
her husband and her brother to vote
for her best interests?"
U. S. Diplomat, Under
Charges, Is Recalled
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14—Post
Wheeler, secretary of the American
Embassy at Rome, to-day was re
called to Washington to answer
charges of irregularity filed at the
State Department.
CREMATORY FIGHT IS
REOPENEDBYASHLEY
MISS SARAH GODBEE AND I)R. M. E. PERKINS
confident statement this morning of
General Manager J. B. Hockaday and
Harry Scott, of Atlanta.
The finding of the missing way bill,
they said, had given them the clew
that they needed to uncover the dar
ing thief. The way bill covered'Ihe
shipment of the $72,000 from the
Chase National Bank In New York
to Savannah, Valdosta and Bruns
wick banks. It had been myste
riously missing after the disappear
ance of the money was discovered. Its
finding was the last thing to make
the evidence complete.
Net Tightening.
Either the last man whose signa
ture is on it or the one whose sig
nature immediately preceded it must
account for the money, according to
Detective Scot* and Manager Hocka
day. The* net is tightening around
the guilty man and the detectives are
prepared to make an arrest at any
moment.
Immediately upon the finding of tm
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Cavalry Charges
Women in Strike
CALUMET, MICH., Sept. 14.—Hun
dreds of striking copper miners and
their wives to-day resumed their
demonstrations against imported
mine guards. Because of the serious
ness of the situation and the temper
of the crowds, arrests were not made
except when absolutely necessary.
On Eighth street cavalry charged
the strikers with drawn sabers to
clear the streets.
TO MANUFACTURE BENZOL.
BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 14.—Benzol
will be manufactured in the Birming
ham District by the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Company, subsid-
iar* organization of the United
States Steel Corporation, according to
a statement made here'to-day.
Capitalist's Son Denies He Flour
ished Weapon During Argu
ment With Street Car Man.
Walter T. Candler, of No. 80 Hurt
street, a teller In the Central Trust
and Bank Corporation and a son of
Asa G. Candler, will be given a hear
ing in Police Court on September 16.
charged with drawing a revolver and
threatening to shoot a street,car con
ductor during an argument at Broad
and Marietta streets late Friday aft
ernoon.
Mr. Candler was arrested and giv*»n
a copy of charges by Plainclothes Of
ficers Green and McKibben shortly
after the occurrence, on complaint of
the street car man. According to th*
story the latter told the police, tie
started to cross ^Marietta street at
Broad and narrowly escaped being
run down by Mr. Candler's automo
bile
The conductor claims he told Mr.
Candler to look where he was going,
and asserts that Mr Candler told him
to keep off the streets. One word led
to another, the street car man says,
and the quarrel became violent.
Conductor Reports to Police.
After a few minutes, the street car
man claims that Mr. Candler drew a
revolver from his pocket and leveled
It at him, saying:
“Shut your mouth; 1 haven’t go!
time to fool with you!”
The conductor told the police that
he was afraid Mr. Candler would
shoot him. sosiie returned to the side
walk and Mr. Candler went on up the
street in his car. The street car man
at once called up police headquarters
and entered a case against Mr. Can
dler.
Mr. Candler Saturday morning de
nied having drawn a revolver on. the
man.
“I had a revolver in my automo
bile,” he said. “I h.«d between $10,000
and $15,000 in the which I was
taking to the express company fro.n
the bank for shipment, and when I
carry that amount of money through
the streets I always have a revolver
in mv car. I would be foolish to car
ry a large sum like that without some
means of protection.
Denies Drawing Gun.
“I did not draw the revolver on the
man, and I did not threaten to shoot
him. I do not remember that 1 cursed
him. either. He probably saw the
weapon lying in the automobile, anJ
got the impression that I had drawn
it from my pocket during t.iT quarrel.
From where he was standing when
the argument began he could not see
the gun, but later he moved up closer
to the automobile, and then the weap
on'was in. plain view.
“I had some words with the fellow,
but he was never in any danger of be
ing run down by my car. I was com
ing up Marietta street from the bank
and was not running at a high rate of
speed. This man got In front of tha
machine, and I stopped to let him get
out of the way. He yelled something
about looking where I was going, and
I probably said something along the
same line to him. We argued only a
few moments and then I drove on to
the express company.”
Slaton Rules Negro
Slayer Must Hang
Will Varner, a negro convicted of
murder in the Newton County Su
perior Court and sentenced to be
hanged, was denied a commutation to.
life imprisonment by Governor Sla
ton Saturday.
Varner shot and killed the 6-year-
old child of his wife while endeavor
ing to \ioot her when a he refused
lu return to him.
Government Gives
Farmers Magazine;
Credit More Needed
“TH© Government will publish a
monthly magazine for farmers.”
—Department of Agriculture.
Excellent.
But, when is the Government
going to give our farmer* a credit
system enabling them to get money
at somewhat les than double the
rate paid by Wall street specula
tors?
This would be a real step to
ward lowering the cost of life's
necessaries.
Flagler's Dream of
Through Car Service
To Havana Realized
ST. AUGUSTINE. Sept. 14.—Con
tracts will be let within a few days
by the Florida East Coast Rail wav.
it was learned here to-day, for gi
gantic ferryboats to carry trains
bodily from Key West to Havana,
thus bringing to a culmination the
dream of Henry M. Flagler of fast
service from New York to Havana.
The ferryboats will be of steel
and the largest in the world, each
large enough to carry 36 large pas
senger cars. Passengers from New
York will be enabled to go direct
to Havana without alighting from
their cars.
Perkins Says Bryan's
Retirement Is Due
NEW YORK. Sept. 14 George W.
Perkin* who returned with hi* fam
ily on the liner Olympic, said Eng
land is amazed at Secretary Bryan’s
ubsences from duty.
I mink Mr. Bryan's performances
will result In his retirement, and if
so a great service will have been
done the country." said Mr. Perkins.
"There must be a unified movement
to overthrow Tammany this fall."
Doctor, Engaged to
Two, Kills Himself
TERRE HAUTE, IND.. Sept 14.—
Dr. Van Cleve. who committed Fili
cide here in the house where he was
to have been married to Lillian Bros-
na, of Marshall, Ill., also was en
gaged to marry Miss Stetnbaugh. em
ployed In a publishing house <n In
dianapolis.
She Is said to have furnished $100
to aid In his medical education.
Black Frost Ruins
President's Garden
CORNISH, N. H. Sept. 14.—There
was consternation In the culinary de
partment of President Wilson's sum
mer home when it was discovered
Mack frost had ruined the truck gar
den at Harlakenden House.
Late corn and other vegetables in
this vicinity were badly damaged.
The temperature went below freez
ing.
Eat 150 Chickens
Fried by Lightning
PITTSBURG, PA
lightning struck a
James Gill, near
chickens were ahoc
death. The barn w:
The victim of the
philosophically and
to his neighbors to
dinner.
, Sept. 14.—When
barn owned by
Sharpsville, 150
ked and fried to
as destroyed,
fire took his Ioms
Issued invitations
attend a chicken
Trust Braves T. R.;
Invades Oyster Bay
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. Sept. 14,—
At last a trust has Invaded the home
town of Colonel Roosevelt. A big
oyster company, which controls inosi
of the beds along the sound shores,
has secured control of the local beds,
formerly regarded as the legitimate
property of 200 oystermen and clam
diggers of Oyster Bay.
The validity of the company's hold
ings is to be tested in the courts*.
HOPE OF
Mayor Gives Issue Undivided At*
tention Following Collapse of
“Open Town” Ticket.
With the oollapsa of the “open
town’ ticket for Council, Mayo«j
Janiee G. Woodward turned his uns
divided attention to the defeat of the
new charter.
"On account of Council's refusal;
to Riant the people an opportunity
to Ref anv real charter reform l
in hopes thn, a Tull tlrket would ha
hrouprht out against the old crowd
and elected,” he said Saturday. ft
Is the people's fault that the old
crowd Is goln K to remain In the sad-
die. I can stand It If they can.
“I didn't try to S et out any tickei
myself. I have my preferences for
< ouncll. but I am not running any
body's campaign. What I am inter
ested In now Is defeating thla fako
new .charier. It, whole object Is to
block genuine charter reforms. 1 am
convinced It will he rejected by a„
overwhelming vote."
Hall Turns on Mayor.
respite Mayor Woodward's denial
that he tried to jtet out a ticket I ho
opposition candidates charge that ha
exhausted every resource In such aa
effort.
councilman Orville Jf Fla 1 !, can
didate for re-election from the Third
Ward, was regarded as a support*!*
of the Mayor, but after the close of
the primary entry list Friday he
openly denounced the activities G #
Mayor Woodward against hirn
Councilman Hall told his friend*
that Mayor Woodward had tried ra 1
persuade him to enter the race fof
Alderman against Alderman Jam eg
E. Warren. He refused. The next
thing he knew R. R. Jackson had an
nounced against him for Council.
« xinoiiman Hall explained that Mr*
Jackson had been persuaded to com*
out of the race Friday morning, ball
that Mayor Woodward called him tip
and promised to stump the ward fo*l
him (Jackson) If he would stay In.
Otis Tell* of Ruse.
“I have done everything I consist
ently could to please the Mayor." h*
said. “Claude Mason, from the Tentti
Ward, fought him tooth and nail*
Yet h-» got out opposition to me and
left Mason to run unincumbered.
A humorous trick was worked
one of the schemers for opposition
by R. R. Otis !n the Second Ward.
Mr. Otis was approached by a man
who said he represented n committee
of 25. The man wanted him to op
pose C. D. Knight for Council.
'Mr. Knight Is one of my best
friends," said Mr. Otis, "but I told
this man I would fake his proposition
under serious advisement. He cam-?
to me day after day and each time I
put him off without a definite answer*
Yesterday 1 told him I had decided I
could not possibly run.”
The result of the trick is that Mi\
Knight has no opposition.
Club Owner Is Activ*.
There has been no more active
ure in politics during the past f-vv'
weeks than T. M. Webb, owner of the
Theatrical Club. It was lie who spread
the report that both Dan 3. Walraven
and Jesse Armistead would withdraw
from the Seventh Ward aldermanio
race and that MarcelltM Anderson
would run unopposed. Mr. Walravv-n
was to be Police Commissioner.
Mr. Arm stead s absolute refusal tr>
enter in any such plans destroyed lb*
plans. Mr. Webb Is now an active
supporter of Mr. Walraven for Aide ■*
man. ^ .